Lee’s Second Life - “Finding the key”

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“You have GOT to be kidding!” I screamed to no one in particular.
I re-read the email. And re-read it again.
Me. Invited speaker. IABC World Conference, San Francisco, June 2009.
Unheard of.
For those [...]

One of the early discussions I had with one of my supervisors, Jackie Cook, had very little to do with my planned research of looking at 3D CVEs and SMEs. Jackie suggested that I create a blog about the adventures of the girls.
But the idea was such fun that I certainly did toy with the [...]

"We do not see things as they are; we see things as we are." The Talmud
"I know Kung Fu." Neo, The Matrix

Ok - here’s where you can read a whole lot more about this, but this new series in production at Fox in the US [...]

Now that my ace rival for the hearts and minds of Australia’s business communicators — Trevor ‘Hamster Juggler’ Cook — has joined the ranks of the idle rich (aka PhD students) I was scouring the web for an image of a PhD floppy hat and came across this image from PhDCentral.com (a full-size version is [...]

Snippets of news:

Second Life guide for newcomers - says Katicus Sparrow: “Ariane Brodie gives examples and links of what to do after you figure out good skin, hair and clothes, including teleport scripts, camera controls, jewelry creation and attachment scripts”
Life in the Metaverse - interesting blog by the aforementioned Ariane
Wagner James Au (WJA) discussed how [...]

I’ve just spent the last four hours inputting answers to questions over at MyCyberTwin.com
I’m creating a set of questions and responses for Penny (and I’ll duplicate them for Isabella later) to tie in with the MyCyberTwin object that will keep her alive and functioning in Second Life even if I’m not there.
So far, even [...]

I’ve designed a new mug for myself.
Showing an image of Lee Laperriere on both sides, and with the text “I think, therefore I am” in the middle, it is something to drink my coffee out of at campus.
If you’d like one yourself, visit the cafepress store to order it. 
Technorati Tags: cafepress, lee hopkins, lee [...]

Not to be outdone by the well-reported substantial investment by IBM in Second Life (to the tune of circa US$100m), some highly-placed spies of mine in Microsoft have whispered in my ear that BillG will shortly be announcing something special.
Good manners precludes me from spilling the exact flavour of the beans, but let us [...]

From Multilingual-Search.com:
Portugal?s Department of Justice launches arbitration centre in Second Life
It?s called e-Justice Centre and it represents a joint project of the Justice Department and Aveiro?s University, which already has a strong presence in Second Life.
The Justice Department?s press release explains that the centre aims to be a place where Second Life residents can [...]

Call me slow, but I only just came across this — a roadmap for where the internet is going in the next 20 years.
Sure, some of it is fanciful, but when you consider who the authors and editors are, you get a sense that this may well be what will happen (cataclysmic events not withstanding).
Co-Authors: [...]